Buildings that were built back in the Stalin's era are still considered the best quality. As a matter of fact, they cost more than newly built apartments, because of high ceilings (3-4 meters), good looking facads, thick brick walls and location.
They were built to a set plan by the 10’s of thousands housing millions. However, the people who built them weren’t well paid and the materials that was needed were basically slave labour camps aka GULAGs. That’s what is not shown as it wasn’t known until after Stalin died.
@@Dude0000 I bet you don't even have an idea of what we are talking here about ;). Judging by your use of "gulags" in the context of the discussion you have very little idea of how the Soviet Union functioned. BTW, some of the high quality buildings were indeed built with the help of cheap labor -- German POWs ;).
Not entirely. Stalin's era buildings (Staļinkas) were more detailed, as Stalin's architecture had classicism and art-deco to them, but many residential buildings were quite primitive compared to later Khrushchevkas. They had higher ceilings because many Stalinkas were communal and to gain more space for air, they raised ceilings not lower than 3 meters to increase space. Not all walls were thick and brick, inner walls between rooms and floors were wooden and, ones made during rapid urbanization, had leftover materials in those walls.
Khrushchev -- "the hand of this man is the mightiest in the world." That was certainly the perception when Mike Wallace narrated this. Later we figured out that K. was viewed as something of a buffoon in Russia.
9:56 - « the buildings begin to crumble in 3-6 years ». Meanwhile those brick buildings are still in good condition in Russia and are more reliable than some new buildings. It is all you have to know about anti-Soviet propaganda
@@RonaldReaganRocks1 This is a fucking lie! Literally every single apartment group built in the stalin era still stands, not only in Moscow but through every ex soviet city - from Kiev to Vladivostok!
@@Kkkmask9378 ЧТО БЛЯТЬ?😂😂😂 Вы всё закупали, у вас туалетной бумаги не было, ни тампаксов вам в рот! Очереди на годы вперёд и очереди за Продуктами!!! Такая же запись 1950-х в США Вот там ЦИВИЛИЗАЦИЯ! это видно просто невооружённым глазом. Вы совки и недоцивилизация. Вот кто вы
and about cars. Yes, few had them and did not know the problems with loans and debts. The air was clear. And public transport was cheap for almost nothing and the schedule was such that you could get to any point and at any time very quickly and without problems. there were no worries with insurance and repairs. cheap and convenient. how now it is lacking
@@slaughterthefalsegodempore9274 This is bs, the industrial sectors usually were far away from the center and residential areas. The industrial area of Moscow is literally kilometers away from the center.
@@basilmagnanimous7011 Because of the greed of some politicians. Their enrichment and access to massive private capital and luxury was the ruin of millions. A soviet politician lived well, but some wanted to live like capitalists, so they give up the nation for money. That's how oligarchs were born.
@@basilmagnanimous7011 I have been living in the UK for 12 years now. And my colleagues are my peers. When I listen to their stories about childhood, I want to cry. I compare it with my childhood and understand how people in the USSR were happy and free, unlike the West, where you can’t do anything but work for the capitalists and dream about money. The Soviet people were deceived by Western propaganda, which was very skillfully disguised and strictly dosed, but everywhere: in movies, in various television programs, interviews .... After Stalin's death, counter-revolutionary traitors came to power. They cooked the frog (the Soviet people) slowly and she did not notice how it was cooked))) Soviet people, at least all my surroundings, starting with teachers, friends and acquaintances, never talked about money, dreamed of high matters, discussed books, films. We went to theaters and concerts, exhibitions and museums, were engaged in amateur performance circles and courses in various skills (sewing, driving a car, cooking, circus art, photography ....). And now that's it, and I myself am worried and dream of how to get more money - for housing and paying bills. This is what capitalism turns a person into.
Cheap cold war propaganda... but i can understand, it was made for americans that never had step foot on any socialist territory and that knew only bourgeoisie dictatorship.
Of course it’s cheap propaganda) cause ussr wasn’t a good place. And ussr started cold war. It was MORDOR with concentration camps and half! Of ussr population were in Gulag...
Yeah it's brutal having the freedom to live where you want, freedom to travel where you want, freedom to say what you want, freedom to work where you want, freedom to buy what you want, tell me more about this dictatorship! 🤡
what a terrible lie. especially about slums for workers. millions of workers received new, comfortable housing for free. but after two wars destroyed 90 percent of homes and factories, it is not easy to build millions of homes overnight. and people, regardless of the state, received new housing, but not all at once. but this is not shown. also about the village. show how many modern collective farms with modern technology in the ussr! but no, you have to find the worst, show and say that this is the case everywhere and people believe. the more terrible the lie, the more they believe in it ... I especially amused about the study of communism in pioneer camps for children. complete nonsense. I myself personally vacationed every year in the summer camp and never studied communism there. there they read children's books about the adventures of heroes, about friendship and about first love. they danced, they sang, they played, they watched movies - but they never studied communism. And there is no need to show volunteers who do not have construction professions who, in their free time, built housing for themselves using government materials and equipment. yes, they are not very good at building, but they will soon get their new housing. 5 years after a terrible war surrounded by enemy states and sanctions on everything. and the country survived and these houses are still standing and have not collapsed as the announcer says after 3 years. show in what slums American or English workers live. shame on the propaganda of capitalism.
Well said . I'm British and poverty in the UK was sickening. My parents remember kids going to school barefoot and living in cockroach infested squalor. We lost 300,000 in WW2 and the Soviet Union lost 26 million. The USSR was the pinnacle of human development and was destroyed by gangsters.
@@miles-thesleeper-monroe8466 O, thanks a lot for your worm words and understanding. I have been living in the UK for 12 years now. And my colleagues are my peers. When I listen to their stories about childhood, I want to cry. I compare it with my childhood and understand how people in the USSR were happy and free, unlike the West, where you can’t do anything but work for the capitalists and dream about money. The Soviet people were deceived by Western propaganda, which was very skillfully disguised and strictly dosed, but everywhere: in movies, in various television programs, interviews .... After Stalin's death, counter-revolutionary traitors came to power. They cooked the frog (the Soviet people) slowly and she did not notice how it was cooked))) Soviet people, at least all my surroundings, starting with teachers, friends and acquaintances, never talked about money, dreamed of high matters, discussed books, films. We went to theaters and concerts, exhibitions and museums, were engaged in amateur performance circles and courses in various skills (sewing, driving a car, cooking, circus art, photography ....). And now that's it, and I myself am worried and dream of how to get more money - for housing and paying bills. This is what capitalism turns a person into.
@@allaseremetova4257 Dear alla, I would be absolutely delighted and privileged if we could find a way of talking further on this subject. I really mean that but don't know how to achieve that through youtube. Since I was a boy growing up here in the UK I have sincerely defended to Soviet Union's honour at every single opportunity often not making friends in the process. It was the true friend of the people of the world, even here. It was so successful that even 30 years later they are still terrified of it. And if left alone in peace, every metric of human development and happiness of the whole world's population would be far ahead of where we are now.
@@allaseremetova4257 I read Gorbachev's autobiography. He was the last in line of the egocentric Liberal self indulgent culture easily bought. Knows better than the people, hates democracy. Like the British Labour party. Easily pampered sycophantic ignoramus which makes him ultimately subordinate. If only Putin came along after Brezhnev
yea yea propaganda guy the different is humans on soviet union are work togherer 8-7 hours and on capitalist countries people are work 12 hours 7 days on week
Beautiful video of beautiful times in beautiful country. (all those smiling and happy ppl are being made to smile and look happy by bloody Joseph Stalin and his kgb oprichniki who ate billions in eternal 1937 in this country blahblah🤗😘🥰)
@@scottya2745 your ignorance is epic. Before asking stupid questions or posting your vile comments you should educate yourself on communism and life under communism. The Gulag Archipelago is a good start. You might also try Animal Farm by Orwell if you need something that is more simple. Communism is trendy now but you wouldn't last a week under it. RU-vid wouldn't exist and your iPhone would be confiscated. In fact if you were caught listening to anything but communist propaganda you would be arrested.
David Hasselhoff well, I enjoy listening to Soviet music and marches and they launched the first satellite and created the precursor to the mobile phone so...
@@jaqe64mate51 Many like the Red Army Choir. It is based off of Orthodox Christian choirs. You will probably really enjoy this. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fqXQ-hn1TTc.html
Moscow was built by the Italians during the Holy Roman Empire. As Russia was sacked and destroyed by the Mongols. "The Kremlin" in Moscow is modeled in Italian Renaissance style. Contrary to belief the Soviets were not communists. But state capitalists.
They were both. They were Communists because they believed in the historical materialist goal of achieving advanced communism in the far future. They lived in a union of socialist republics which used a state capitalist economic model with proletarian dictatorship.
@@haroldgraphene true. The Italians were communist sympathizers. Gianni Agnelli for example gave the Soviets the Lada car. Let's not forget about the Scotts. The Scotts genetically are cousins of the Russians. Christopher Galloway was responsible for constructing the Spassky Tower clock. The Scotts were always at odds with the British Crown, they always leaned towards supporting the Romanovs (even though they were related to the British). Especially during the Scottish support during the Polish-Muscovite War. I like it when people of your intelligence reply to my comments.
